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Road wins propel Valencia and Gran Canaria to the top of Eurocup Group B
The second half of the 2021-22 7DAYS EuroCup Regular Season began with Round 10. After Bourg was the lone road winner among four games on Tuesday evening, the script was flipped on Wednesday as Lokomotiv in Group A and Valencia, Ulm, and Gran Canaria in Group B all won away games. Ulm’s triumph in Podgorica…
Read MoreMemphis Grizzlies exceeding expectations in 2021-22 NBA season
Let’s be honest. When the 2021-NBA season began, the Memphis Grizzlies weren’t at the top of the list of championship contenders. After all, the Milwaukee Bucks are the defending champions and are one of the better teams in the Eastern Conference. Memphis Grizzlies being overlooked early on Another team that is playing well is the…
Read MoreZenit wins at home and denies CSKA leadership position in VTB League
After UNICS Kazan beat Nizhny, CSKA Moscow moved back to 2nd place in the VTB standings, but in case of a win over Zenit, they would regain the pole position. However, Zenit St. Petersburg had other plans as they started with two consecutive 3-point shots by Jordan Loyd, and continued with the same double by…
Read MoreGonzaga reclaims No. 1 ranking after wild weeks of upsets
A wild week of upsets led to big changes in the AP NCAA 1 Top 25. Amid the chaos, a familiar team returned to the top. Preseason No. 1 Gonzaga climbed back to the top of the Associated Press men’s college basketball poll released Monday, ending Baylor’s five-week run. The Bulldogs had 25 first-place votes,…
Read MoreReal Madrid and Barcelona hold steady at the top of the Euroleague standings
Round 21 of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague was limited to four games as five others were postponed, but that did not lessen its impact, especially at the top of the standings. Barcelona (16-4) bounced back from two straight defeats to outlast, visiting Efes (9-10) at home and holding onto the highest victory total in the…
Read MoreBarcelona beats reigning Euroleague champion Anadolu Efes in a rematch from the 2021 final
Round 21 of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague began with a pair of Thursday games that ended in 5-point results. First, AS Monaco outlasted FC Bayern Munich on the road, and then FC Barcelona bested reigning champion Anadolu Efes Istanbul in a rematch from the 2021 championship game. The two-round week continues Friday when CSKA Moscow…
Read MoreCSKA wins Euroleague road game against Panathinaikos
With more than half the games of Round 20 postponed to later dates, there was only one Euroleague game on Wednesday night. CSKA Moscow blitzed Panathinaikos OPAP Athens to earn a comfortable 74-98 victory in the Greek capital on Wednesday night. A closely contested first quarter was followed by a mismatch in the second as CSKA…
Read MorePartizan, Joventut, Buducnost lead at 7DAYS Eurocup midway point
Round 9 marked the midway point of the 7DAYS EuroCup Regular Season, and three teams stand above the rest. Partizan and Joventut share the top spot in Group A with 7-2 records, and Buducnost is alone in first place in Group B with the same mark. Each group had a different story on Wednesday; Partizan…
Read MoreMilan topples top-ranked Barcelona in Euroleague round 20
The two-round week of January began on Tuesday with the first three games of Round 20. First, Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul used its depth to pull away in the second half and defeat Olympiacos Piraeus 94-80. Then FC Bayern Munich snapped its three-game losing streak by fighting off Zalgiris Kaunas 74-65 at home. In the nightcap,…
Read MoreHamburg beats Turk Telekom in Eurocup action, and Caleb Homesley makes history
The 7DAYS EuroCup returned to action after the New Year’s break with a historical performance in Tuesday’s lone game. Caleb Homesley set Hamburg Towers club records in scoring, three-pointers made, rebounds, and PIR to lead his team to their third straight win, 94-74 over Turk Telekom Ankara. Wednesday brings six more games, including the highly-anticipated…
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